Information Desk
Do you love customer service and connecting people with the resources they need? Then this is the job for you. Responsibilities include circulating materials and assisting library users. This is a great opportunity to engage in problem-solving, strengthen your interpersonal skills, and become more familiar with the UNH campus and community.
Students will work 10-12 hours a week, including one night shift and one weekend shift.
Dean's Office
Duties include clerical work, answering the phone, forwarding phone calls, taking messages, sorting mail, delivering office supplies, and typing. You may be asked to deliver paperwork to departments on campus and complete small projects for other departments in the library.
Applicants should have good computer and customer service skills, the ability to deal with both the general public and university employees and the ability to handle several projects at once.
This position does not require any weekend or evening hours but lunch coverage (noon -2 p.m. or 11 a.m.-1 p.m.) 5 days a week is preferred.
Engineering, Physics & Chemistry Branch Libraries
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Branch Libraries specialize in the study and research of the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and computer science. Duties include solo shift work, shelving, checking books in or out, shelf reading, shifting, general upkeep of the libraries, special projects, word processing, interlibrary courier service, limited reference work, and other customer service duties.
After a two-week paid training period, students work between 10-12 hours each week. Students must work during reading days and finals week. The majority of shifts are in the evening and during the weekend. Some daytime, weekday shift work is also mandatory.
Library Information Technology
Web Assistant
The web assistant is responsible for helping to maintain the library web site. They perform tasks such as checking for broken links, creating promotional images, and writing content in HTML. They may also perform other work for Library IT such as hardware inventories. Additional duties are assigned depending on skill set and interest.
Ideal candidates have experience with Windows, Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and Word), basic HTML and CSS, familiarity with Photoshop, and good written communication skills. Available hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 10 hours/week.
Library Storage Building
The Library Storage Building (LSB) is located at 5 Leavitt Lane near the West Edge parking lot. Students must be able to work well independently for 2-3 hours at a time, be comfortable with computers, able to lift 25-40 pound boxes, maneuver fully loaded book trucks, and perform a variety of miscellaneous tasks that include lifting, reaching, grasping, stepping up and down, and kneeling.
Duties include stacks work, such as shelving or shelf-reading, scanning journal articles and documents for email delivery, assisting with inventory projects, searching for lost items, and sometimes helping with the inter-branch deliveries and other projects.
Students are expected to work 10-12 hours a week, including stacks work in Dimond Library as well as shifts at the Library Storage Building. Some shifts may be worked entirely at the LSB. Transportation is available through the UNH Campus Connector.
Defensive driving is a plus, but not a requirement, for this position.
Resource Sharing & Collection Management
Student workers in Resource Sharing and Collection Management work at least 10 hours per week on weekdays between 8 a.m.- 4:30p.m., Monday through Friday.
Duties include (but are not limited to) daily support of the library's mail services (incoming and outgoing), digitizing library materials using a scanner and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, working in the library stacks (paging, shelving, moving materials, searching for misplaced items, etc.), performing searches in library-related software, and organizing/inventorying data in Microsoft Excel. Most tasks are situated in Dimond Library, but students may be asked to work with materials in the branch libraries or our remote storage building.
Student workers must be conscientious and self-starting, with good and consistent attention to detail. Students should be comfortable with computers (particularly search engines and spreadsheets), able to lift 25-50 pound boxes, maneuver fully loaded book trucks, and perform tasks that involve lifting, reaching, grasping, stepping up and down, and kneeling. While there is little direct interaction with the public in our office, students will interact quite a bit with other library units and customer service skills are essential for assisting patrons in the stacks.
Scholarly Communication
The Scholarly Communication unit maintains the library’s Digital Collections and the Scholars’ Repository. Students will work approximately 10 hours a week. Shifts fall between 8 a.m.-4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Student workers must be conscientious, detail oriented, and able to follow instructions. Experience with Photoshop and Excel a plus but not mandatory. Main duties include digitizing library materials using a scanner and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, image manipulation/clean-up using Photoshop, document conversion (TIFF to PDF), data entry using Microsoft Excel, and task documentation for project management tracking. Training and supervision is provided.
Special Collections & Archives
Students assist with the processing of manuscripts, university records and photograph collections, which includes organizing, preserving, and describing materials according to established archival practices. Other job duties include paging materials, making photocopies or scans, shelving materials, shifting books or boxes, data entry, and occasionally assisting with department events.
Our student assistants are expected to be able to work independently with little supervision. They must be detail oriented, able to follow instructions, and maintain confidentiality. A work schedule is typically ten hours a week between 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
